Liebster Award!!

Well, imagine my surprise this morning when I went to read my "bestie'' Lauren's blog and saw that not only had she been nominated for a Liebster Award but that she in turn nominated me! So neat, thanks Lauren!!

The Rules

1. Link back to the blog that nominated you

2. Nominate 5-11 blogs with fewer than 200 followers

3. Answer the questions posted for you by your nominator

4. Share 11 random facts about yourself

5. Create 11 questions for your nominees

6. Contact your nominees to let them know you nominated them

 

I Nominate

1. Katelyn @ Imperfect Perfection

2. Jessica @Life's Better Being Southern

3.Jennifer @ The Martinez Men

4.Brooks @ Cotton & Boots

5. Emily @ My Life In Words

 

Lauren's 11 Questions

1. What do you do for a living? I work at a family owned trucking company. I don't really know what you would consider my actual job title but I do a little bit of everything! On the side I am an amateur photographer and I hope that one day that can be my full time job.

2. What made you start blogging? Well I have actually wanted to start blogging for a while now. I wanted to start when I was engaged to write about my wedding and the planning process but I just never had the time. Then, a few months ago a friend and I (cough, cough you Lauren) were talking and decided we should start blogging, so here we are!

 3. If you could give any tip about blogging, what would it be? Oh gosh, I have no idea. I am still pretty clueless when it comes to the inner-workings of the blog world. But I guess if I had to say one thing it would be, don't stress about the number of followers or comments you get. None of that stuff really matters, you should just enjoy the blogging experience whether you 5 or 500 followers!

4. What is your favorite food? Oh lordy this is a hard one because I am a total pig. I am going to go ahead and sound like a serious fat girl and say queso dip. I could literally eat Mexican food every single day! Smother something in queso, cue the Mariachi band and you've got one happy girl!

5. What is your favorite thing to do in your spare time? Hmm.. I really have two but they go hand in hand. Taking pictures and spending time with family! Paul and I both have large families and my favorite kind of day is one spent in the chaos of 30 people talking over each other and a whole bunch of young'ns running around! And I love to capture those moments with a picture!

6. Do you have any pets? I have one pet, my sweet little Hank! Hank is a one year old Chi-weenie  with more personality than most humans I know. I seriously love him like he is my child!

7. Can you tell us about one of your favorite childhood memories? My favorite memory isn't really one specific event, vacation or anything like that. It is just Saturdays. When I was about 15 my stepdad was deployed overseas so it was just my Mom, my sister and me. We always spent our Saturdays together shopping, visiting or just laying around the house laughing together! Those days are by far some of my favorite memories.

8. Where do you see yourself in five years? In five years I hope to be a mother, homeowner and having my own established photography business!

9. What is your favorite holiday and why? My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving! It has the "3 F's" family, football and food! Fall is my favorite season with the perfect weather, changing leaves and fun festivals. So Thanksgiving is the perfect holiday in my eyes, plus you don't go broke buying a million presents so that is a definite plus!

10. What kind of music do you listen to and who is your favorite artist? I literally listen to all kinds of music, I am such a junkie! I love everything from Michael Jackson to Loretta Lynn and everything in between. But I guess you could say my favorite is Miranda Lambert. I have always been a die hard fan of hers, I think I have seen her 6 times in concert and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon! Not only is her music relatable but so is she, she is just so real. What I would give just to her friend for a day lol!

11. If you could pick one place to live for the rest of your life, where would you pick? This is lame, super lame but honestly I would choose to be nestled in the mountains of my hometown, Clayton, GA. I know you are supposed to say New York or Greece, somewhere interesting but I stand by my choice! It is my dream to move all of my favorite people to my favorite place and live it up, straight commune style! I am sure it would get really old really quick but in my dreams it is amazing!

 

11 Random Facts About Me

 

1. I love reality TV. Especially singing shows, The Voice is my favorite of them all! Can I please be on Team Blake?! No shame in my game.

 

2. I am seriously obsessed with music. I think there is a song that can fit every feeling, every situation in your life! I also have different go-to songs and playlists for whatever mood I am in!

this is a new phone which is why I only have 3 right now

 

4. I have a serious love for carnivals, fairs and festivals! Endless deep fried food, creaky roller coasters and people missing half their teeth; that's what I call a good time!

I saw this sketchy little set-up in Gainesville today and it got me all kinds of excited!

 

4. I love dirt bike racing. My cousins raced growing up and a few years back I went to my first SORCS race with them and fell in love with the sport. I lived with my cousin at the time and our weekdays were spent working on the "dirt scooters" and the weekends were spent at the races! This year for the first time in 5 years  I missed Supercross and it is still bugging me! The braaaap of a 250 and the smell of racing gas are two of my favorite thing, yeah it's weird I know.

 

funny story: I actually got offered a job on a pro crew based out of New Zealand when I went to a GNCC race a few years ago. Cool as it was, I am pretty sure that was just the crew chief trying to hit on me haha.

 

 5. I hate wet jeans! Therefore when it rains, no matter how ridiculous it may look, I wear my bright red rain boots!

 

6. I have always wanted to be a blonde! But I have accepted that I just cannot pull that off. I got close once and it just didn't fit..

 

7. I am addicted to Chick Fil A chocolate chip cookies. They are seriously cookie crack!

& I love these little messages on the wrappers!

 

8. I love classic cars! Growing up I was always my Papa's car show buddy and to this day I love the days spent riding around with him in his '72 Nova! I was the first grandkid he ever let drive it, it is kind of his baby so I am very proud of that!

this guy!

 

9. I played soccer most of my life! I was extremely aggressive and went full force no matter how big the other person was ( I think I had little man syndrome lol) so I got hurt quite a bit and hurt quite a few people (sorry) which I am paying for now!

 

10. I call two people every single day, sometimes twice a day! My Nanny and my sister, I am not the least bit ashamed either.

 

 

11. I love kids movies! The highlight of my week last night was our date night when we went and saw Despicable Me 2, can I please have a minion!!!

 

My Questions For The Nominees

1. What is your biggest, wildest dream?

2. If you could be one person for a day, who would it be and why?

3. What is your most embarrassing moment?

4. If you could only shop at one store for the rest of your life, where would it be?

5.  What is your biggest guilty pleasure? (movie, tv show, music, that kind of thing)

6.What is your favorite part about blogging?

7. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?

8. Were you named after anyone?

9. What was the worst job you ever had?

10. Do you have a secret/cool talent?

11. What was your first car?

 

Gosh y'all I am sorry this is so long and I am sorry about technical issues earlier but I can't wait to see what you ladies come up with! Thanks again to Lauren @ Peach State Of Mind for nominating me. Y'all have to go check out my real life/blogging world bestie, her blog is so much fun!

 

Five On Friday

Oooohh Hello Friday!!!

I tell you what this whole being off on a Thursday and going back to work on Friday is not for me. It feels like the dreaded Monday all over again, my body is totally confused. But at least I have a job to come back to and for that I am thankful. I always look forward to Friday not only because it is the beginning of the weekend but because I get to link up with the girls for the Five On Friday link-up. Out of all the link-ups I have done this is my favorite because it always leads to discovering new blog friends!

{1} I am loving Carrie Underwood's new song "See You Again". It's one of those songs that reminds me of my Mom but doesn't make me sob uncontrollably! Last Thursday marked 5 years since she passed and being in the hospital made the day almost unbearable. My Mom was a nurse that, combined with her condition, we spent a LOT of time in hospitals growing up. I know that sounds horrible but she always had a way of making it fun! When I was little she would take me to work with her and I would ride in the cart when she would deliver medicine, every shadow day I ever had she made her job seem like a dream and she could even make hospital food seem glamorous by making it a game to see who could get the best tasting food out of the vending machines with the sliding doors. She was truly incredible. So naturally sitting there with my sister last week was memory overload. Not only was it emotional seeing my sister in that position but every time the IV dripped I thought about all the IV's I helped my Mom mix on shadow day; so then I would leave the room to gather myself and I would see the super fun vending machine then I would reach up to wipe my tears and my arm smelled like her. I know that sounds incredibly weird but she always smelled like hospital and Escada perfume and it was the most comforting smell in my world! Anyway this song lets me have my moment without completely destroying me, it is a nice uplifting way of thinking about things!

 

wow that was long enough for a whole post I will keep the other ones short

 

{2} Yesterday I picked up this little gem at Hobby Lobby and now I have got the redecorating itch,  bad!

The coloring is off but it is a really pretty light blue. It is super cute and different but I think I am going to take those yellow rhinestones off, I'm not digging them. We live in a rental house that is painted poop brown, literally it's horrible. So I am trying to bring in some color and this just opened up a whole slew of options!

a little inspiration from the ADORABLE Little Miss Momma

 

 

 

{3} Speaking of color I have recently become obsessed with prints. In my last post I mentioned the chalkboard prints from J&Paper. This week I discovered two new shops that I am loving!

These from Paper Finch Design

 

And these from Lettered Life Shop

 

I am seriously considering making an entire collage wall filled with prints. Too much?? Oh and while I was brainstorming Hubby suggested we blow this picture of our wedding venue up and hang it. And you know what, I think it's perfect and has plenty of color!

{4} Yesterday with all the rain I decided to do a little shopping! I went to one of my favorite stores Charming Charlie, seriously this girl could do some SERIOUS damage in there. But I demonstrated some self control and only got two little bracelets. I am going to go ahead and pat myself right on the back!  

A little love & a monogram makes for a very happy girl!

 

{5} Tomorrow is going to be a great day! A couple weeks ago Lauren asked me to be one of her bridesmaids!! Not to get all mushy or anything but Lauren has so quickly become one of my best friends. As I get older I have figured out that the length of time you have known someone doesn't necessarily make them your best friend, it's the people that come into your life and are a genuine, true friend and that is 100% Lauren! Her fiancé Cody also asked Paul to be his groomsmen and we are so excited! Now that she has asked all her bridesmaids I can share the super cute way she asked me, so stay tuned for that! Anyway, tomorrow we are going to try on bridesmaids dresses {my body is TOTALLY not ready for that} but it will still be super fun! After that Paul & I have not one but two 4th of July family cookouts to go to. One in Cornelia and one in Clayton, story of our lives. But it is totally worth it to spend time with family!

 

Well that is it for me today, talk about a sCatTerbraIneD post! But that completely describes me today. Have a blessed weekend y'all!!

The Good Life

 

 

 

 



What I'm Loving Wednesday!



I'm baaacckk!!!

I know it has only been a week but it feels like forever since I blogged. It has been a very long, exhausting week and I just haven't had anything captivating to write about. No one wants to hear about revolting delicious hospital cuisine or drainage tubes so I decided to wait until there was something a little more positive talk about!

 

So I have decided to link up with Jamie at This Kind Of Love for What I'm Loving Wednesday!

 

The first thing I am loving is that my Little is recovering like a champ! She is one week post surgery and the surgeon said she is doing better than any patient he has ever performed this procedure on. That just makes me so happy! Let me try to explain to y'all the surgery she had, I am no doctor so I will try and get this right. The condyles in her temporomandibular joint were deteriorating causing her chin to recede, extreme pain and headaches. (You know when people say they have TMJ when their jaw pops? Well it is really called TMD it is a disorder of the temporomandibular joint and that joint is what is abbreviated TMJ.) So this was pretty much a severe form of TMD from what I understand. They put all kinds of rods and plates in to stop the deterioration and support her chin and here is a picture of pre-op and day 6 post-op!

look at that pretty chin!!

 

Next, I am loving my new planner! I am the farthest thing from organized but when I was planning our wedding this wedding planner saved my life. So I decided when I saw this cute one at Target that I would make an attempt at being more organized in my everyday life! Not only is it super cute, it was cheap and I am going to get my Gran to monogram it for me!

 

Speaking of my chevron/monogram obsessions here are a few more things that fall in those categories that I am loving!

my new phone case from here

all of these cuties at Hobby Lobby

 

I am loving that it is raining today so I get to wear my pretty red rain boots. Although I am sure halfway through the day the sun will come out so I look like a fool. Whatevs. And yes I included the spot on the porch where our gutter leaks for dramatic effect.

 

I am loving that tomorrow is 4th of July!! I am not loving that I haven't had time to throw some red, white & blue awesomeness around my house but I think I will definitely have to give these cuties a shot for our annual family 4th of July cookout this weekend! I think I will put them in a mason jar with a sparkler just for fun! And the second one is my outfit inspiration for the party, maybe I can pull it off!

 

via Pinterest

 

And last of all are some adorable chalk board prints that I am dying to get my hands on from J&Paper . Most everyone knows Jessica & her beautiful daughter Harper from her amazing blog Little Baby Garvin, I have been following her for I don't even know how long and they are the coolest mother/daughter duo out there! So when she started selling her chalk board art I was too excited and I just have to at least these three!

I know this is a very long post but hey I had a whole week to make up for! Make sure you go over and link-in to talk about what you're loving this dreary Wednesday!

http://littledaisymay.blogspot.com/

 

 

L-O-V-E

I know all of my posts this week have been link-ups but I can't help it, I love them! They are perfect opportunities for new bloggers like me to meet new people. So today I am doing the Spill About Your L-O-V-E link up with Liz at A. Liz Adventures, I just love her blog! She has provided 6 questions that I will answer about my relationship. This makes two posts in a row gushing about my hubby, good gracious!

 

 

{1} Describe your dating life prior to finding your husband.

Ugh.. My dating life before Paul was definitely nothing to brag about. I was with a guy for 3 years in high school who treated me horribly. After we broke up I had another {semi} serious relationship the end of my senior year that kind of dragged on longer than it should have. Then there were a couple more duds that like the rest of my relationships failed because the guys could not respect my values. Then came my knight in shining muddy armor!

 

 

 

{2} Describe your husband in one word. How would he describe you in one word?

Hmm.. my husband in one word. I would say Caring. A lot of people think Paul is rude because he is quiet when you first meet him but he is truly one of the most caring people I have ever met. He loves me more than life itself and he shows it. He has respected me unconditionally from day one like no one ever has and I know he would walk through fire for me.

And I texted him to ask him one word he would use to describe me and he said perfect. Geezeeee. I think if he was really honest he would say odd. Because I am, he is always telling me "you ain't right". I make weird noises, dance while I brush my teeth and laugh like a minion off of Despicable Me. So yeah, I think he really means odd.

 

 

 

 

{3} You had a really silly fight. Embarrassing silly. What was it about?

This describes most of our fights really. We have probably only had about 3 knock-down drag outs in the four years of our relationship the rest have been silly. Let me see a recent one was a couple weeks ago when I was getting ready for church he wouldn't get out of bed and I got mad because he wasn't ready in time for us to stop by Dunkin Donuts. So dumb.

 

4} In three sentences (and only three!), describe where you both hope to be in 5 years

First and foremost we hope to be parents!

Second, we want to be homeowners!

And the last one is more focused on me but it is a dream that Paul fully supports me in, I hope to have an established photography business.
 

 

{5} Tell us something about your husband we wouldn't know from reading your blog.

He would literally kill me for telling this. But one time he let me put full eye makeup on him. Anyone that knows Paul knows that he is ALL man he usually will not do anything remotely fluffy. (these pictures really misrepresent him too this was a themed photo shoot we did for a photographer friend and he had to wear that) Anyway he has gorgeous eyes with pretty, long eyelashes so after relentless begging he finally let me do it just to shut me up. But I only had 5 minutes to do it and take it all off and I had to promise I would not take any pictures or tell anyone. Oops. It was hilarious.

 

{6} What's one thing you never thought you'd do in front of your husband, but you did?

 

This is hard because I am not easily embarrassed at all. I know this is disgusting but I guess the one thing would be passing gas & owning it. Sorry I know that is sick.

 

Well that is it for today! Go link-up to spill about you L-O-V-E!!

http://alizadventures.blogspot.com/